(1) Any person who indecently assaults another commits an offence and is liable on conviction—
(a) on indictment to imprisonment for 15 years, if committed on a person under the age of 12 or on summary conviction to imprisonment for 5 years;
(b) on indictment to imprisonment for 10 years, if committed on a person of 12 years of age or more but who has not yet attained the age of 16 years or on summary conviction to imprisonment for 5 years; or
(c) on indictment to imprisonment for 7 years, if committed on a person who is 16 years of age or more or on summary conviction to imprisonment for 3 years.
(2) A person under the age of 16 years cannot in law give any consent which would prevent an act being an assault for the purposes of this section.
(3) In this section “indecent assault” means an assault accompanied by words or circumstances indicating an indecent intention.